Youth Conservation Corps Support

The San Juan Island Conservation Corps will be conducting its second year of operation this spring, summer, and fall.  The Madrona Institute is pleased to provide this youth stewardship program to middle school students on San Juan Island in cooperation with our federal partner, the National Park Service.  Both our organizations feel strongly about the importance of engaging youth in

West Coast Sea Level Rise

On June 22, 2012, The National Academies released a new report entitled “Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present, and Future”. This report evaluates the major contributors to sea-level rise (SLR) along the west coast of the United States, and makes projections for SLR in the years 2030, 2050, and 2100. Key findings and projections

Global Food Demand

[Click on title to read full item]  The Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently reported that global food demand could double by the year 2050 according to a new projection by scientists at the University of Minnesota.  Global food demand is rising rapidly, as are the environmental impacts of agricultural expansion.  The analysis indicates that the world

Carbon Emissions Rising

[Click on title to read full item]  The New York Times reported on Sunday, December 4, 2011, that global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped last year by the largest amount on record.  Emissions rose by 5.9% in 2010, according to an analysis released Sunday by the Global  Carbon Project, an international scientific collaboration tracking the numbers.  The

Percy Schmeiser Lecture

[Click on title to read full item]  Percy Schmeiser is a Canadian farmer who fought Monsanto over the contamination of his canola fields by Monsanto’s Round-Up Ready Canola, a genetically modified organism (GMO),  and won a landmark decision in the Supreme Court of Canada.  Schmeiser came to Lopez Island and San Juan Island on October 22-23, 2011, to speak to

Recent Changes at Madrona

[Click on title to read full item]  The Madrona Institute’s early program efforts were focused on international and national policy initiatives.  Merle Lefkoff served as President of Madrona from 2009-2010, and was responsible for conducting a series of dialogues on Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Policy in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  For more information about those dialogues and/or to contact Merle,